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Space

Space Shuttle Endeavour To Undock At 7:56 P.M. ET Today; Landing Set For 7:01 P.M. ET Wednesday At KSC

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at 7:56 p.m. ET today will undock from the International Space Station (ISS), wrapping up a marathon 16-day mission that saw five spacewalks and myriad accomplishments. Endeavour is slated to land at Kennedy Space Center at 7:01 p.m. Wednesday, in what so far has been a smooth, productive voyage. The record mission saw multiple accomplishments during a total 33 hours of spacewalks. Those advances were achieved by the seven Endeavour crew members and the Expedition 16 crew…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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